Misanthropy

I think I'm coming to terms with misanthropy. People today are generally vile worms who perpetuate the same ignorant and self-centered behaviours over and over again. We allow ourselves to be consumed with stuff that doesn't help us develop, but further sinks us into the abyss of mediocrity. When I was a kid, there was greater autonomy in how we expressed ourselves, but in the past 10-15 years we've decided that instead of keeping our uniqueness, we've gotta watch our tongues and bend to the desires of others if we want to be accepted. We see that modern UK politics is absolute trash, but we vote for even more trash to be poured over us because we perpetually continue to vote hoping things will change for the better, but they never truly do.

Perhaps misanthropy is an inaccurate term for what I'm feeling, because I'm very sure that there are parts of the world that contain colonies of people who represent exactly how we should be living our lives. Tribalism may not be ideal for us who've grown up with capitalism and all its dreck, but such ways of living make things super simple, especially for our minds. When all we need to do is focus on survival, everything is easy. There are no phones to worry about, no text messages, no films, no music, no money worries, no job concerns, no worrying about whether somebody else likes you or not, no girlfriends, no marriages, no combustible relationships and no legal proceedings or laws-just a simple straightforward game of survival.

You alright? Sincerely doubt the solution to society's ills is running back into the wilderness to roleplay as a cavemen.

...have you been reading Catcher in the Rye?

How would anyone's mental health improve by being at a constant risk of death? 'Focusing on our own survival' sounds nice until you're stuck in the middle of the woods with a broken leg and gangrene.

On a more serious note, I understand where you're coming from. Our society's gotten so artificial that it feels like a simulacrum of a simulacrum. We're drip-fed advertising every moment of our waking lives. Machines make art while humans work at McDonalds. The fate of our planet rests in the hands of elderly fossil fuel billionaires, who'll gladly let it burn if it makes them a few extra cents. Gen Z has grown up knowing that the world could end within our lifetime. I've no idea what kind of toll that takes, because I've never known anything else.

Doesn't make 'caveman mode' the solution.

During peacetime, you'll get guys who say they wish they had a war to fight. They'll wax lyrical about camaraderie, heroism and proving their masculinity - war's only an aesthetic element to their fantasy. They don't actually want to sit in a trench, crawling with lice, gunning down some poor conscripted kids who've no clue what they're even fighting for. I think it's the same with your caveman idea. I mean, you're asking this on TSR. You don't actually want to be a caveman, you're just sick and tired of the state of the UK and can't think of an immediate solution.